'The government could have said he was the only one, right?'
against the Trump Organization suggested more people affiliated with the ex-president's family company could face charges, according to a former prosecutor.participated in a years-long scheme to avoid paying taxes on $1.7 million worth of compensation. Both Weisselberg and attorneys for the Trump Organization pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.included a sentence that offered a clue about other people who may be under prosecutors' scrutiny.
"One of the largest individual beneficiaries of the defendants' scheme was Allen Weisselberg," the indictment said. Zelin, now a defense attorney at Wilk Auslander LLP, said prosecutors' use of the word "individual" suggested other people - not just corporations - benefited from what the indictment alleged was the Trump Organization's tax-avoidance scheme.
"The government could have said he was the only one, right? The government didn't have to use the word 'individual,'" Zelin said. "The fact that the government inserted the word 'individual' means that there may be others who enjoy perks." He added: "The fact that the government said 'one of the largest' - that by its very nature means other people were doing the same or doing similar."